The Flash Temporada 1 -: Episodio 17

The two Tricksters reunite on a rooftop broadcast. James reveals the real punchline: the water bottles are a distraction. The real bombs are in the police station’s evidence lockers — targeting the very symbols of justice. Joe rushes to evacuate the station.

Axel is recaptured; James escapes via a hidden hang glider, laughing: “See you in the sequel, Flash!” Eddie and Iris – Eddie proposes they move in together to escape the shadow of Barry’s secret. Iris agrees, but confesses to Eddie she feels Barry is hiding something huge. Eddie struggles with guilt.

Barry races to stop Axel from poisoning the reservoir. Axel uses a “booby trap” gauntlet — quicksilver cement that hardens on impact. Barry gets trapped but vibrates his molecules (Cisco’s idea) to phase through. He defeats Axel, but Harold escapes with Jesse during the chaos. The Flash Temporada 1 - Episodio 17

The accomplice is revealed as Harold Hadley , a former detective who worked with Joe. Hadley faked his death years ago and has been training Axel. He plans to break Jesse out to execute a final “grand joke”: detonate bombs disguised as charity water bottles across the city.

(Original airdate: March 24, 2015) Logline Barry faces two generations of madness when the original Trickster, James Jesse, breaks out of prison to reunite with his protégé, Axel Walker — forcing Joe to confront a dark chapter from his past. Cold Open Flashback — 20 years ago. A young Joe West (played by a different actor in flashback makeup) storms a warehouse where the original Trickster (Mark Hamill) holds a family hostage. Joe disarms a complex Joker-esque trap and arrests Jesse, but not before Jesse whispers: “You’ll never catch them all, officer. The joke always spreads.” Cut to present day: Joe wakes from a nightmare. His phone rings. Central City Police dispatch: the Trickster is back. Plot Summary Act 1 Barry and the team investigate a bombing at Mercury Labs — not fatal, but covered in green and purple smoke, with a laughing gas device. A video message airs on all networks: a man in a purple hood, calling himself Trickster 2.0 (Axel Walker) . He demands the release of the original Trickster, James Jesse, from Iron Heights, or he’ll blow up the city’s water supply. The two Tricksters reunite on a rooftop broadcast

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– Cisco creates the phasing solution but feels useless in the field. Barry reassures him: “You’re not a sidekick. You’re the guy who saves me so I can save everyone else.” Joe rushes to evacuate the station

Barry confronts both Tricksters. James uses a sonic-based joy buzzer that disrupts Barry’s speed equilibrium. Just as Jesse is about to detonate the station remotely, — a callback to his younger self hesitating twenty years ago. He didn’t hesitate this time.